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I agree, new I130’s, one for each parent and fees for both. There is no need to do anything with the previous petition. Good Luck!

That is interesting, I hadn’t seen that new difference and obviously USCIS is trying to drive folks to file online.

My cousins recently completed naturalization through Detroit, filed in late November 2023, oath ceremony with a name change Feb 22, 2024, and Detroit’s posted processing time for the N400 is showing 8 months. There are a lot of stories of N400’s being processed quite quickly as it seems (I have no direct knowledge) that USCIS is prioritizing these petitions.

N400 processing is governed by your local office. As to filing online vs paper, I have not seen any definitive data showing one is demonstrably faster than the other. That being said, online filing is more convenient for most folks and also most likely for USCIS, but make sure you do not submit an online petition around the time your filing window opens if filing during a 90 day period. Good Luck!

Were you married to the mother before your step-daughter turned 18?

Apparently the jury did not buy her defense. Jimmy Carter was right, mail-in voting is the worst kind of voting, and it is no wonder that the Democrats fight so hard for it. Easy to cheat especially if the Democrats can get rid of all those pesky ID requirements, hard to get caught, gives a reason for over-extending the count so those doing the counting can decide who should win, just what the elite Democrat needs to stay in power. I know Democrats are lazy, so they cannot be bothered to actually vote in person on a specific day like just about every other country on the planet does.

Here are the requirements. Also, this part was news to me. In 2023, the Refugee Council USA reported that Michigan was ranked 4th with refugees, behind California, Texas, and New York. Eligibility and Immigration Status A beneficiary must have an eligible immigration status as defined by the Office of Refugee Resettlement which includes: Refugees Asylees Special Immigration Visa (SIV) Victims of Human Trafficking Cuban and Haitian entrants Afghan Nationals, and Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees. Other immigration statuses include individuals who arrived under the Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan (CHNV) program; individuals who arrived under the Family Reunification Parole Process for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Colombia, individuals with a pending asylum application, and other immigrant individuals on a case-by-case scenario. https://www.michigan.gov/ogm/services/newcomer-rental-subsidy

This did seem familiar. Did you file the I407?

Stacked? It is only stacked in the eyes of the leftist MSM activists. Roberts is fairly MoR as is Gorsuch and Coney-Barrett and in some cases Kavanaugh. Sotomayor, KBJ, and Kagan are idealogues and firm leftist votes, and Thomas and Alito tend to be staunch originalists. Seems pretty balanced to me.

Seems like a very petulant leftist almost pleading for Sotomayor to take one for the team. It is interesting they are worried about her, and yet are fine with a declining 80 year old in the WH. For the sake of all of us, Sonia Sotomayor needs to retire from the US supreme court https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/01/for-the-sake-of-all-of-us-sonia-sotomayor-needs-to-retire-from-the-us-supreme-court

What about the company that employed the local river pilots?

At least Trump did not need to rely on his political influence to get rich unlike the current WH occupant who is an utterly corrupt and petulant career politician.

There are a lot of ignorant Democrats/Leftist. Just see how easily they are gaslighted by the Left MSM and the DC insiders/elite.

If you already got married, file the I485/I131/I765 as soon as you get the marriage certificate. No need to leave, and in fact you will not want to leave the US until you get either the AP card or the green card. Good Luck!

Interesting case, probably should be pinned just due to the rarity . It would have been interesting to know what caused their I130 delay, but did not impact the K3.

Not relevant since your parent is not currently in the US. Your only option is to file the I130 for regular consular processing that takes around 12-24 months. Your parents previous GC should show up in the history for USCIS, so that should not be an issue and I assume they filed an I407 when they decided to give up the GC. Your parent can use their valid visitor visa to visit (short visits are recommended) during the process at the discretion of CBP (i.e. they should not show up with all their worldly possession and important documents giving CBP reason to believe they plan on staying). You need to get familiar with the terminology. "Sponsor" is the primary sponsor (fills out an I864), "Co-sponsor" is the secondary sponsor when the Sponsor does not meet the financial requirements (they also fill out an I864 separate from the Sponsor's), and "Household Member" which is an adult person living at the same residence as the Sponsor that is willing to add their income to the Sponsor (they fill out an I864A). In your case since you are married, you can use the I864 that you will fill out and your spouse can fill out the I864A to show they are including their income to show sponsorship of an intending alien. Now the I864(s) are not needed until the NVC stage which will be in a year or so. Yes. Good Luck!

The I130 can be filed anytime for the parent of a USC. If the parent is currently in the U.S. then you can also file the I485 to adjust status. That being said, it is unclear where your parent is now as if not in the U.S. currently, then the I485 is not an option. The primary sponsor would fill out the I864, and if a co-sponsor is needed, then the co-sponsor would fill out a separate I864 except in your case, your spouse (household member) would fill out the I864A. These guides may be helpful.

Yes if the parent is already in the U.S. No if the parent is not in the U.S. as it is fraud to enter the U.S. on a visitor visa with the preconceived intent to stay and adjust status. Shouldn’t be an issue. USCIS should be able to see the past record(s). Good Luck!

In Detroit all oath ceremonies are conducted at the federal courthouse with a judge administering the oath regardless of a name change. Not all USCIS offices conduct administrative oaths.

As @Crazy Cat stated, yes. Also if you get an N400 interview notice you can upload a request for a combo interview. Depending on your local office, it may come up quickly. Also, maybe @Crazy Cat will tell his wife’s I751/N400 story. Good Luck!

With an expedited appointment at a passport agency you can get a passport same day or a few days later. When my wife naturalized we also had a trip planned less than two weeks later, we went to the passport agency in Detroit (more convenient for us than your situation), paid for premium processing, and her passport was delivered to our home 3 days later via FedEx.

There is no 90 day rule.

I cannot comment on Portland, but in Detroit my cousins had their interviews in early February, and their oath about two weeks later. Hopefully her oath will come up soon, and passport processing times is much more reasonable now. I just renewed mine with no expedite and it took less than four weeks. Good Luck!

I agree with @Crazy Cat and @jackiegringa, if you are planning on naturalizing, file the N400 assuming you meet all the requirements. My wife did that with our I751 pending just when processing of I751s were starting to crawl, and she was a citizen about the same time as others who filed near the same time were getting their 10 yr GC. Not sure about the articles, or what reasoning they are using to say wait, but it makes no sense overall. However, they are right the I751 does have to be finalized first or at the same time as the N400 which is what usually happens for those in the situation with both petitions in process. Good Luck!

That is a great point. It is no certainty that USCIS processes an I129F for a K1 or a K3 the same way.